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Opposition Parties Demand Aso Resign over Document Tampering

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s opposition parties on Tuesday demanded Finance Minister Taro Aso’s resignation following the release of the results of probes into the alteration of documents related to a controversial discount sale of state land to a nationalist school operator. Opposition

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Prosecutors, Police Raid Kobe Steel over Data Manipulation

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese public prosecutors and police raided Tuesday Kobe Steel Ltd.’s Tokyo head office and related locations over the company’s product quality data manipulation. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and the Metropolitan Police Department of Tokyo had already been

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Japan Ruling Camp Defers Decision on Diet Extension

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling camp agreed Tuesday to decide whether to extend the ongoing session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, after assessing progress on discussions on important bills in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber. The ruling parties are

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Riken to Test Safety of Hair Regeneration Technology

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese government-affiliated research institute Riken has said that it will start animal testing in July to check the safety of hair regeneration technology. The test of the technology to grow hair follicles outside the human body for transplantation will

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Tokyo Govt Presents Stricter Regulations on Passive Smoking

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday presented to the metropolitan assembly a bill including measures against passive smoking in eateries and other facilities that are stricter than those proposed by the central government. The metropolitan government hopes to fully

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Abe Demands Stricter Control of Public Documents

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed his cabinet ministers on Tuesday to implement stricter management of public documents by raising government workers’ awareness and overhauling the existing system. “We’ll make a full government effort to thoroughly conduct reviews needed

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4 Chinese Govt Ships Enter Japanese Waters near Senkakus

June 5, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Four Chinese coast guard ships intruded into Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Tuesday. It was the first such intrusion by any Chinese government ship since May 24 and

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Japan’s Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko Mourn Ehime Maru Victims

June 5, 2018

Honolulu- Japanese Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, paid a floral tribute on Monday at a monument for the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishery high school training ship that collided with a U.S. nuclear submarine and sank off Hawaii

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